Australia
Abstract The Australian landscape as a whole has four particularly notable characteristics. Firstly, it is dominated by aridity, for after Antarctica it is the Earth’s driest continent, with a total of around 5.4 million km experiencing appreciable aridity.
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| Format: | Book Part |
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Oxford University PressOxford
2002
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199245154.003.0011 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52441981/isbn-9780199245154-book-part-11.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract The Australian landscape as a whole has four particularly notable characteristics. Firstly, it is dominated by aridity, for after Antarctica it is the Earth’s driest continent, with a total of around 5.4 million km experiencing appreciable aridity. |
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